Propaganda Bonanza!

Lorne "Alpo Ben Cartwright Commander Adama" Greene: Actor!

1) Canadian. Member of the Tribe. Born Lyon Chaim Green.
2) Was called "The Voice of Canada" during World War II.
3) Invented a stopwatch that ran backwards.
4) Founder of the Toronto Academy of Radio Arts (aka Lorne Greene School of Broadcasting). Leslie "You Didn't Realize How Funny I Was, Did You?" Nielsen went there.
5) Co-owner of a steak house chain.
6) Narrator of many propaganda and documentary films, including war-related films.
7) Co-inventor of the board game "Propaganda."
The kit consists of a plastic box, one rule book, four technique cards, one scoring table, and forty example cards. The objective of the game is to determine clear thinking. Players are placed in groups of threes and fours. Examples Of Propaganda are cited; players attempt to determine propaganda techniques. Scoring is charted on a special table.

For Lorne, here are excerpts from his game...What are some of the manipulation tools that are used in or played with in propaganda of all kinds?

Techniques of Exploitation: Appeal to Pity, Appeal to Flattery, Appeal to Ridicule, Appeal to Prestige, Appeal to Prejudice, Bargain Appeal, Folksy Appeal, Join the Bandwagon Appeal, Appeal to Practical Consequences, Passing from the Acceptable to the Dubious

Techniques of Self-Deception: Prejudice, Academic Detachment, Drawing the Line, Not Drawing the Line, Conservatism, Radicalism, Moderatism, Rationalization, Wishful Thinking, Tabloid Thinking, Causal Oversimplification, Inconceivability

Techniques of Language: Emotional Terms, Metaphor & Simile, Emphasis, Quotation Out of Context, Abstract Terms, Vagueness, Ambiguity, Shift of Meaning